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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






2. Application of potassium sulphide






3. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






4. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






5. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






6. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






7. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






8. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






9. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






10. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






11. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






12. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






13. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






14. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






15. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






16. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






17. The amount of light reflected by a hue






18. Something that supports a sculpture






19. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






20. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






21. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






22. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






23. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






24. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






25. Technique of shading using dots to control value






26. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






27. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face






28. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






29. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






30. Known for his glass sculpture






31. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






32. Pale green






33. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






34. Creates blue dye






35. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






36. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






37. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






38. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






39. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






40. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






41. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






42. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






43. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






44. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






45. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






46. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






47. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






48. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






49. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






50. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium